Posts by Carli Fraccarolli
Summer on the farm a healthy place to be, but avoid pushing your body to the limit. by Marybeth Vargha I remember friends from Philadelphia coming up to visit our…
So you want to make hay, eh? In this fourth installment on farm machinery, I present information for the new, small, or beginning farmer about the equipment, steps, and skills…
by Edward DuQuette I’ve written and taught on the subject of farming and alterative growing techniques for quite a few years now. Aquaponics has always been my favorite subject to…
Farming with a toddler gives “family farm” a new meaning by Sara Edelman It is 5:50am. My alarm is going off, but I have already been awake for nearly 20…
The Illinois Public Health Institute and Crossroads Resource Center have released new report – Exploring Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement – to assist communities in enhancing the health and economic impacts…
October is BQA month! In 2014 the New York Beef Quality Assurance Committee offered 13 BQA trainings across the state resulting in 71 producers completing Level I certification and 69…
Organic farm succession may be key to future of dairy farms The transfer of working organic dairy farms to next generation farmers is one way to secure the viability and production of…
USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists at the Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory have recently updated their interactive, downloadable Cover Crop Chart to include 58 species. The chart gives growers a broad…
Individual landowners and land users now have the secure ability to request conservation technical and financial assistance from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Through the USDA’s Conservation Client Gateway, you…
From 9AM-4PM on June 26th and 27th, Lake Erie Regional Grape Program (LERGP) will be holding a hops production conference at the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Center Meeting…
